Chords for Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights

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_ _ When I [Db] was a little boy, I used to go out to the country where the old folk lived. _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Db] All the old folk that used to speak Creole, [Gb] they'd talk that funny talk,
yeah, come here, yeah, come here, yeah, come here, and they'd rub on you.
_ _ But all the old folk out there were people from our _ ancestors, _
_ _ and [Db] we loved them a lot, and this song was written [Gb] about them. _ _ _
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Southern _ night, _ _ have you ever felt a [Db] southern _ [Ab] night?
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees, _ [Bbm] whistling tunes that you [Db] know and love so.
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_ _ Southern [Db] sky, _ [Eb] _
just as good even [Ab] when closed you're right.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ I [B] hope I'm [Eb] the right guy, _ _ _ [Bbm] to anyone who can truly say that he [Db] has found a better way.
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_ Feels so [Db] _ good, [Eb] _
[Ab] feels so good, it's frightening, wish I could
_ [Db] _ [Ab] stop this whirlpool fighting.
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_ _ Southern _ [Db] skies, [Eb] _
[G] have you ever [Ab] noticed southern skies?
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ It's precious [B]
beauty to lie, [Eb] _ deep beyond the [Ebm] eye,
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] and it [Bbm] goes rushing through your soul like [Ab] the story told of old.
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_ _ _ _ Old man, _ [Eb] _ he and his dog, they walked [Ab] the whole land.
_ _ _ Every flower touched [B] his cold hand. _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] As he slowly walked by, the [Eb] weeping willow would cry [Gb] for joy, _ _ _ _ _
they would cry for joy. _ _ _
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_ [Eb] Mysteries like this and many [Ab] others in the trees,
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[Bb] they [B] all glow in the night [Db] _
in the southern [Gb] sky, _ _
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[Db] in the [Gb] southern sky. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Southern night. _ _